High school roundup (March 23, 2016)

Baseball

▪ Carolina Forest 11, (at) Socastee 0 | The Panthers followed up a big five-run win over South Florence on Tuesday with a lopsided victory over the Braves to improve to 10-1 overall and 4-0 in Region VI-AAAA.

Hunter Baiden and Jared Lembcke each picked up two hits, and Ryan Gold and Caleb Lindaberry each hit homers to pace the Panthers. Carolina Forest exploded for six runs in the fourth and never looked back, en route to 11 runs on seven hits.

Patrick Orlando picked up the win on the mound after tossing five shutout innings.

▪ North Myrtle Beach 10, (at) Myrtle Beach 6 | In a Region VII-AAA contest, the Chiefs took a road victory over the rival Seahawks.

Boys golf

Led by Cliff Todd’s 6-over 42 round, the Conway boys golf team took down Aynor by 20 strokes.

Boys lacrosse

▪ (At) St. James 14, West Brunswick 1 | Austin McCutchen has been showing flashes of brilliance for the Sharks.

With five goals and two assists, the senior led St. James – a second-year program – to a lopsided win over the Trojans to improve to 5-3.

“He is our team captain and an good all-around kid,” Sharks coach Joe Grega said. “And he’s a heck of a player.”

The Sharks got out to a hefty lead with the help of McCutchen and Thomas Atchison – who had three goals and one assist – and they never looked back. Montez Wilson won nine of 12 faceoffs, and Thomas Atchison and Josh Marlow had a team-high six groundballs to lead St. James.

“It was [dominant],” Grega said. “We played well and worked hard and did all of the little things we were supposed to do.”

The Sharks return to the field Wednesday as they travel to take on Waccamaw at 6:30 p.m.

Boys soccer

▪ (At) Christian Academy of Myrtle Beach 6, Coastal Christian 0 | The Saints got out to a hefty lead and never looked back en route to a win over Coastal Christian. Bennett Pearson had four goals and Jackson Corbett and Ian McCauley added one goal apiece, while Andrew Smith had the game’s only assist for Christian Academy (4-1).

“I was very happy with the play tonight. We moved the ball around well and played an unselfish game; it was probably one of the best team games that we played,” Saints coach Jim Marcin said. “We’re a young team but we’re gelling and working on some fundamentals. We’re looking forward to seeing what we can do.”

The Saints have got off to a strong start this season, but they don’t hit the field again until April 7 as Christian Academy travels to take on Trinity-Byrnes. Marcin isn’t worried about the break and looks at it as a good time to bond more and keep improving at practice.

“We won two early games in PKs, which I think fueled some confidence in the boys and, in doing that, proved we can play as a team,” he said. “We’ve started trusting one another. Once the trust was there, we really started gelling.”

And Marcin and the Saints are shooting for the stars.

“As a coach, you want to set the bar high,” he said. “Our expectation is to make playoffs and hopefully make a run. You never know how that ball will bounce and, if we stay healthy, we can compete. We’ll be very competitive.”

▪ (At) Christian Academy of Myrtle Beach 7, Cathedral Academy 0 | John Sessums scored two goals and recorded one save as he combined with Alan Butler – who also scored a goal – for a clean sheet as the Saints shut out Cathedral on Tuesday.

Boys tennis

▪ Socastee 7, (at) Carolina Forest 0 | Robert Warstler and Connor Barr each won in singles and teamed up in doubles for a victory to lead the Braves to a shut out of the Panthers.

Girls soccer

▪ Carolina Forest 5, (at) Socastee 2 | Haley Trunkett and Amber Rutledge had two goals and one assist each, and Alexis McCarthy added one goal and one assist to lead the Panthers to a win over the Braves.

▪ North Myrtle Beach 6, (at) Georgetown 0 | Hadley Hudson led the way with a hat trick, and Taylor Monahan, Brooke Kennedy, and Ingryd Garcia each added a goal as the Chiefs shut out the Bulldogs.

Monahan added two assists and Garcia and Renea Urbaniak each had one for North Myrtle Beach.

Softball

▪ Green Sea Floyds 5, (at) Lake View 2 | Paige McDaniels, Courtnee Faulk and Tamara Jackson – all two-sport athletes (basketball) – combined to go 6-for-12 at the plate to lead the Trojans to a win over the Wild Gators.

McDaniels (2-5) also struck out five and allowed two runs on eight hits and no walks in a complete game effort to pick up the victory for Green Sea Floyds.

▪ (At) Socastee 8, Carolina Forest 7 | The Braves took a come-from-behind victory over the Panthers.

▪ North Myrtle Beach 10, (at) Myrtle Beach 2 | Makala Gore led the way, going 3-for-5 with two RBIs as the Chiefs dominated the Seahawks.

Serrah Ballard was 3-for-5 and picked up the win on the mound, and Regan Urbaniak, Raynie Newman, Mmalee Ballard and Myatt Hardwick each had two hits to pace North Myrtle Beach, which improved to 3-1 in Region VII-AAA.

Track and field

▪  Only a dropped baton in the 4 x 100-meter relay kept the North Myrtle Beach girls track team from sweeping its meet with Georgetown, the Chiefs dominant in earning a 125-11 win.

▪  Ka’Mauri Humes set a state record in the 200-meter event at Myrtle Beach High on Wednesday, helping lead the St. James girls track and field team to a win over the Seahawks, Socastee and Mullins.

An eighth-grader, Humes took the event with a time of 25.8 seconds. She would also win the 100- and 400-meter races.

“I’m super excited about her progress,” said St. James track and field coach Ken McSorley. “She listens well, is dedicated during the week and does what coaches ask.”

This story was originally published March 24, 2016 at 12:19 AM with the headline "High school roundup (March 23, 2016)."